Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BOBARTIA
Rush Iris (Wf) Rush Lily, Blombiesie (Le)
Family: IRIDACEAE
For Jacob Bobart (1599-1680),** German botanist, the first Horti Praefectus (Superintendent, Head Gardener) of the Oxford Physic Garden.
His son, Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641-1719), succeeded his father as Horti Praefectus and became acting Professor of Botany at Oxford.
The genus Bobartia was published in 1753 by Linnaeus.
(Ch)
Bobartia aphylla (G)
Biesie, Biesroei (PS)
Location: (K)
a-, an-, = denotes privative, negative;
a-, = without, not, -less, un-;
phyllon, = a leaf.
aphyllos, = leafless, of dry wood.
(without leaves)
(Ox, LS, BL)
Bobartia filiformis (La)
Biesie (PS)
Location: (F, P)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(thread-shaped; slender like a thread; as the filaments of most plants, and the styles of many)
(ld, BL)
Bobartia gladiata subsp. gladiata (La)
Vlei Bobartia (Vo) Biesie, Biesieroei (PS)
Location: (F, K)
gladius, = a sword.;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Bobartia gladiata subsp. teres (La)
Blombiesie (Vo)
Location: (F)
gladius, = a sword;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.

tero, = to lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out.
teres, = rounded off, rounded, well-turned, round, smooth; polished, elegant.
(terete, i.e. secular in transverse sections, tapering or narrowly cylindric)
(ld, BL)
Bobartia indica (La)
Greater Rush Iris (Wf) Besembiesie, Veldbiesie (PS)
Location: (F, K)
indicus, = of India, Indian;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
indicum, = indigo, a blue pigment for dyeing and painting.
(ld, BL)
Bobartia longicyma subsp. longicyma (La)

Location: (K)
longus, = long;
cyma, = ancient Latin for anything swollen (an ogee); also the young sprout of a cabbage, in which sense the Latin cyme, whence the botanical use of the term arose in 18th century.
(ld, Ox)
Bobartia longicyma subsp. magna (La)
Grootbiesei (Vo)
Location: (F, P)
longus, = long;
cyma, = ancient Latin for anything swollen (an ogee); also the young sprout of a cabbage, in which sense the Latin cyme, whence the botanical use of the term arose in 18th century.

magnus, major, maximus.
magnus, = of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious.
major, = the comparative of magnus.
maximus, = the superlative of magnus.
(ld, Ox)